How are consonants described? Describe the consonants in the following English words. One is done for you.

mob

/m/

/b/ - voiced bilabial stop/plosive

give

/g/

/v/

sick

/s/

/k/

What are the relationships between linguistic elements and the role they perform in certain contextual situations?

Study the role of English and the regional languages in your town/city/state. Write a short report recording your findings about their use in education, business, administration, judiciary, media and social interaction.

Regular and irregular verbs

What is the difference between simple, compound and complex sentences? Identify each of the following sentences as simple, compound or complex.

i. He told me that he would be going to Bombay next week.

ii. She is very beautiful.

iii. The girl whom you met last week came here looking for you.

iv. I am going to the market.

v. She will go to the party only if her father will drop her.

vi. I think that you are right.

vii. Finish your homework and put the notebooks back in your bag.

viii. Madhu dreamt that she was flying an aeroplane.

ix. Either you sit properly or you leave the room.

x. Socrates held the universality of morality.

What do you understand by the term ‘text’? How is a text organized?

What are the three factors that connect a text? Of these factors which one do you think is most important in understanding text?